Git before versions 2.13.7, 2.14.4, 2.15.2, 2.16.4 and 2.17.1 performs path sanity-checks in is_ntfs_dotgit():path.c that can be fooled into reading arbitrary memory. Upstream announcement: https://marc.info/?l=git&m=152761328506724&w=2
Created git tracking bugs for this issue: Affects: fedora-all [bug 1583890]
Statement: This issue did not affect the versions of git as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 as they did not include the vulnerable code.
git-2.17.1-2.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Patch: https://github.com/git/git/commit/11a9f4d807a0d71dc6eff51bb87baf4ca2cccf1d
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 EUS Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUS Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUS Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUS Via RHSA-2018:2147 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2147